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A National Study of Neighborhood Safety, Outdoor Play, Television Viewing, and Obesity in Preschool Children

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  • Hillary L. Burdette
  • Robert C. Whitaker

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Do preschool children have a higher prevalence of obesity, spend less time playing outdoors, and spend more time watching television when they live in a neighborhood that their mothers perceive as unsafe?

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  • Hillary L. Burdette & Robert C. Whitaker, "undated". "A National Study of Neighborhood Safety, Outdoor Play, Television Viewing, and Obesity in Preschool Children," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 00f455b55fca4b50b00d94d51, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    2. Zhangbin Yu & Shuping Han & Jiahui Chu & Zhongya Xu & Chun Zhu & Xirong Guo, 2012. "Trends in Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents in China from 1981 to 2010: A Meta-Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(12), pages 1-14, December.
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    4. Rachel Tolbert Kimbro & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn & Sara McLanahan, 2010. "Neighborhood Context, Poverty, and Urban Children's Outdoor Play," Working Papers 1226, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
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    6. Laure DeMattia & Shannon Lee Denney, 2008. "Childhood Obesity Prevention: Successful Community-Based Efforts," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 615(1), pages 83-99, January.
    7. Brewer, Mackenzie & Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert, 2014. "Neighborhood context and immigrant children's physical activity," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 1-9.
    8. Do, D. Phuong & Dubowitz, Tamara & Bird, Chloe E. & Lurie, Nicole & Escarce, Jose J. & Finch, Brian K., 2007. "Neighborhood context and ethnicity differences in body mass index: A multilevel analysis using the NHANES III survey (1988-1994)," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 5(2), pages 179-203, July.
    9. Thomas Vartanian & Linda Houser, 2012. "The Effects of Childhood SNAP Use and Neighborhood Conditions on Adult Body Mass Index," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 49(3), pages 1127-1154, August.

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